Alumni update: Horn losses in GermanyAlysa Horn suffered her first loss for Osnabruck in a Bundelisga second division women’s basketball game Sunday in Germany. The former Kodiak and University of Alaska Anchorage star pumped in a team-high 16 points, but her team fell, 60-57, to BG 74 Veilchen. Osnabruck dropped to 3-1 in the 12-team North Division. Horn was 4 for 11 from the field and made both of her 3-point and free throw attempts. The forward al...

Public Safety Blotter: Oct. 20Oct. 7 • At 12:58 a.m., a bear was seen in the 300 block of Cope Street. It ran into the woods when officers arrived. • At 1:33 a.m., the bear was back in the 300 block of Cope Street. It was gone when police arrived. • Around 1:55 a.m., police conducted two bar checks downtown. • At 4:39 a.m., police arrested a driver in the Powell Avenue and Mill Bay Road area for misconduct involving a weapon in the second degr...

Spikers split at WasillaA night after getting swept by Wasilla, Kodiak’s volleyball team swept the Warriors. How were the Bears able to make a complete turnaround in less than a 24-hour span? “Friday night we talked and strategized a little bit,” Kodiak coach Amy Willis said. “I asked each of them to be team players and not to be focused on what kind of pass they were getting or what kind of set they were getting — really just be focused...

Borough gives proclamations, awards at meetingThe Kodiak Island Borough assembly issued two proclamations and recognized two employees at Thursday’s meeting. John Rhines, a PC technician in the information technology department, was awarded employee of the quarter. This isn’t Rhines’ first award from the borough. He is also the employee of the year. “I work with a really great group of people here in the borough,” Rhines said. “Everybody that I work with make...

KHS swimmers win Valley InviteKodiak started the stretch drive of the swim season with a pair of convincing victories Saturday at the Valley Invitational. The boys, behind three individual and three relay wins, grabbed the team title with 123 points — 59 points ahead of runner-up Soldotna. The girls won four individual trophies and two relay events in tallying 88.5 points — 21.5 points better than runner-up Soldotna. Tahna Lindquist won the 20...

Absentee in-person voting begins today Voters who will be out of town on the general election day, Nov. 4, can cast early absentee ballots starting today through Nov. 3. Absentee in-person voting will take place in the Kodiak Island Borough building clerk’s office, Room 101. Voters must bring their voter card or a picture ID with them. Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, governor and lieutenant governor, State House and State Senate will be on t...

Asking supporters to continue taking the high roadAlaskans, don't be buffaloed. Every day, the opposition comes up with a different attack ad, a misleading poll, a misquote. They send their people to our events to record us, take copious notes and watch our every move. When I first announced my run for governor in 2009, they sent an investigator to Valdez to go through all my actions as mayor in the ’70s. Sean Parnell has spent more time making public records req...

Garden Gate: Dealing with the unexpectedSomewhere I read an account about washing a sleeping bag filled with down, and it made me think of gardening. Yes, it really did. Washing a down sleeping bag is an arduous task that is best avoided as long as possible. After pulling it from the washing machine put the bag in a clothes dryer set on low heat. When it’s no longer heavy and doughy, add to the dryer several clean tennis balls (not ones that your dog ha...

Fish Factor: Bringing back the Bering Sea crab fleetThe Bering Sea crab fleet now stands at 77 vessels, a far cry from the nearly 250 boats before the fishery downsized to catch shares in 2005. Fewer boats means less hands on deck, and as with so many others, the Bering Sea crabbers are ‘graying’ and need to recruit young entrants to sustain the iconic fisheries. To do so, the shareholders have devised a way to give captains and crews a first crack at available cra...

Soldotna, Eielson complete perfect seasonsSoldotna and Eielson capped perfect seasons with state football titles Saturday in Anchorage. The Stars rattled off 30 first-quarter points and blasted North Pole, 57-28, to claim the medium-school classification title — Soldotna’s third straight. The victory upped the Stars’ winning streak to 29 games, tying a school and state record. Soldotna (9-0) rushed for 400 yards and seven touchdowns on 58 attempts. Eielso...